State v. Badeaux’s Empirical Analysis

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3 state decisions

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1. “Furthermore, the discovery provisions of the Code of Criminal Procedure and Brady impose no obligation upon the State to obtain records over which it has never had custody or control. Documents and other tangible objects which may be helpful to the defense, but which are not within the custody of the State, are properly acquired through the mechanisms of compulsory process and not through pretrial discovery. See LSA-C.Cr.P. Art. 731 et seq.”

   1 later decision quote this exact passage · from the majority
   e.g. 680 So. 2d 729 - State v. Gallow